Three-dimensional playing device

Abstract

A three-dimensional playing device has a cubic frame having nine windows per face of the cube arranged in three rows and three columns and 26 (3×9-1=26) dice arranged inside the cubic frame, movable in three dimensions and whose sides bear color indicia, specifically, six equal dice in each of which three sides sharing a first common corner each has a first color thereon and another three sides sharing a second common corner each has a second color thereon; two equal dice in each of which three sides sharing a common corner each has the first color thereon, and, of their remaining sides, one side has the second color thereon and two sides have a third color thereon; two equal dice in each of which three sides sharing a common corner each has the second color thereon, and of their remaining sides, one side has the first color thereon and two sides have the third color thereon; four equal dice in each of which three sides sharing a common corner each has the third color thereon, and, of their remaining sides, two sides have the first color thereon and one side has the second color thereon; four equal dice in each of which three sides sharing a common corner each has the third color thereon, and, of their remaining sides, one side has the first color thereon and two sides have the second color thereon, and each of the remaining eight dice has all three colors thereon, two sides of each color.

I claim: 
     
       1. A three-dimensional playing device comprising a cubic frame having nine windows per face of the cube arranged in three rows and three columns and 26 dice arranged inside the cubic frame, the dice being movable in three dimensions, characterized by provision of the following dice, each of which has corners and six sides, each of the sides sharing common corners with some of the other sides, and each of the sides bearing indicia: six equal dice in each of which three sides sharing a first common corner each has a first indicia thereon and another three sides sharing a second common corner each has a second indicia thereon;   two equal dice in each of which three sides sharing a common corner each has the first indicia thereon, and, of their remaining sides, one side has the second indicia thereon and two sides have a third indicia thereon;   two equal dice in each of which three sides sharing a common corner each has the second indicia thereon, and of their remaining sides, one side has the first indicia thereon and two sides have the third indicia thereon;   four equal dice in each of which three sides sharing a common corner each has the third indicia thereon, and, of their remaining sides, two sides have the first indicia thereon and one side has the second indicia thereon;   four equal dice in each of which three sides sharing a common corner each has the third indicia thereon, and, of their remaining sides, one side has the first indicia thereon and two sides have the second indicia thereon; and   each of the remaining eight dice has all three indicia thereon, two sides of each indicia.   
     
     
       2. The three-dimensional playing device of claim 1, wherein the first, second and third indicia are colours.